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"Mr President, as recommended by the Duff Report, Commissioner Vitorino has just declared that the working party he chairs within the Convention was inclined to propose the incorporation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights into the Treaties, or even into a future European constitution.
I consider this declaration to be premature, as certain major issues have not yet been resolved. We are told that the incorporation of the Charter into the Treaties, which would render it binding at European level, would not give the Union any additional competences. This, however, cannot be believed. We are told that it would not require the text laid down in Nice to be re-written in any way, but this is impossible. The text would certainly need to be re-written on certain points and this would open Pandora’s box. Lastly, we are told that this incorporation would by no means take power away from national democracies, but this is a fallacy.
In fact, Mr President, the Charter runs the risk of being rigidly imposed on national democracies, which we consider to be very dangerous. That is what I explain in the minority opinion appended to the Duff Report."@en1
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